# कट
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kəʈ/, [kɐʈ]

### Verb

कट • (kaṭ)
* inflection of कटना (kaṭnā):
** stem
** second-person singular intimate present imperative

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘎𑘘 (kaṭa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀝𑁆𑀝 (kaṭṭa), from Sanskrit कृत्त (kṛtta).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəʈ/

### Noun

कट • (kaṭ) m
* conspiracy, plot
    Synonyms: कारस्थान (kārasthān), षडयंत्र (ṣaḍyantra)
* confederacy, league

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कट”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কট (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬝ (Balinese script)
* কট (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ကဋ (Burmese script)
* કટ (Gujarati script)
* ਕਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ಕಟ (Kannada script)
* កដ (Khmer script)
* ກຏ (Lao script)
* കട (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐚 (Newa script)
* କଟ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖘 (Siddham script)
* කට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚔 (Takri script)
* கட (Tamil script)
* కట (Telugu script)
* กฏ (Thai script)
* ཀ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐ.ʈɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkɐ.ʈɐ/

### Etymology 1

Probably from a Middle Indic form of unattested *कृत (kṛta), from the root कृत् (kṛt, “to spin”).

#### Noun

कट • (kaṭa) stem, m
* a twist of straw of grass, straw mat, a screen of straw
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā)
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
** c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin.
Perhaps from an unattested *कृत (kṛta, “curved”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-to- (“to curve, bend”), and thus cognate with Ancient Greek σκέλος (skélos, “leg”) and Latin scelus (“wicked deed”).
Alternatively, borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil கடம் (kaṭam, “mountain side, elephant's temple”), Kannada ಕಡೆ (kaḍe, “side, end”), Telugu కడ (kaḍa, “place; end”). See also कटि (kaṭi, “side, end, hip”).

#### Noun

कट • (kaṭa) stem, m
* the hip
    Synonym: कटि (kaṭi)
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* the hollow above the hip or the loins, the hip and loins

### Etymology 3

Of unclear origin. Probably related to Etymology 1. Alternatively, borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil கட்டை (kaṭṭai, “corpse”).

#### Noun

कट • (kaṭa) stem, m
* a corpse
* a hearse or any vehicle for conveying a dead body
* a burning-ground or place of sepulture

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Telugu గడ్డి (gaḍḍi, “grass, straw”). See also खट (khaṭa, “thatching grass”).

#### Noun

कट • (kaṭa) stem, m
* an annual plant
* grass

### Etymology 5

Of unknown, probably substrate, origin.

#### Noun

कट • (kaṭa) stem, m
* a thin piece of wood, a plank

### Etymology 6

Perhaps from Etymology 1, with semantic shift; agreements would be conducted on straw mats in the Classical era. Alternatively, from कृ (kṛ, “to express”).

#### Noun

कट • (kaṭa) stem, m
* agreement
* a time or season
* excess, superabundance
* environs

### Etymology 7

See करकट (karakaṭa, “elephant's temples”) / करट (karaṭa, “elephant's temples”).

#### Noun

कट • (kaṭa) stem, m
* the temples of an elephant
** c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa
* a glance or side look
    Synonym: कटाक्ष (kaṭākṣa)
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa
* a throw of the dice in hazard

### Etymology 8

Not listed in etymological dictionaries. Perhaps related to Etymologies 3 or 4.

#### Noun

कट • (kaṭa) stem, n
* (at the end of compounds) dust of flowers

##### Declension
### Derived terms

* अप्रकट (aprakaṭa)
* उत्कट (utkaṭa)
* कटाक्ष (kaṭākṣa)
* निकट (nikaṭa)
* निकट (nikaṭa)
* निकटता (nikaṭatā)
* प्रकट (prakaṭa)
* प्रकटीकरण (prakaṭīkaraṇa)
* विकट (vikaṭa)
* संकट (saṃkaṭa)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “कट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 243/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 290
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 46
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 141-2
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṭi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press